Chrysta Castañeda

Dallas Rowing Club at US Rowing Nationals

My opinion on : We are destined to fail again unless forms a new agency to oversee Texans' current and future energy needs, from production to plug. Time for ineffective and to go.

It’s time for Texas to finally retire the Railroad Commission and PUC to create an energy agency This op-ed is part of a series published by The Dallas Morning News Opinion section to explore ideas and policies for strengthening electric reliability....

Did the Texas electric grid fail because of profit motives? Here's my take.

Texas Legislators should ask whether financial issues drove the power outages No Texan must be reminded of the suffering in the last 10 days, brought on by the epic and lasting failure of our electric power grid. We still don’t know...

As I've been thinking: "And high gas prices further disrupted generation, as operators who could not turn a profit took their plants offline." Inexcusable.
How Texas’ Power Generation Failed During the Storm, In Charts

How Texas’ Power Generation Failed During the Storm, In Charts All energy sources fell short, but natural gas power broke down the most.